Lloyd B. Rogers Jr.

SWOOPE — Lloyd Bernard “Buddy” Rogers Jr., 67, husband of Diane (Small) Rogers of Swoope died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at his residence, following a courageous two-year battle with ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease. Buddy was born Feb. 29, 1940, in Hickory, N.C., a son of the late Lloyd Bernard Sr. and Lena Mae (Herman) Rogers.

In 1962, he graduated from William and Mary with a major in history. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of five years.



Prior to retiring, he was employed by DuPont for 35 years in Richmond, New York City and Wilmington, Del.

In addition to his wife of 45 years, family includes a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Shannon Rogers; two daughters and sons-in-law, Melissa and Paul Trent and Michelle Rogers and Brad Balser; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Bruce and Beth Rogers and Dean and Patsy Rogers and their daughter, Alyson Rogers; a sister, Evelyn Savage; his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Small; five grandchildren, Olivia, Audrey and Caroline Trent and Sydney and Gavin Rogers; a special niece and her husband, Pat and Donald Godfrey; and five nephews and their wives, Bill and Raye Savage and family, Darryl and Elizabeth Rogers, Chris and Tara Rogers and family, Daniel Jackson of Harrisonburg and Cari and Sam Miller and family. Along with his treasured family, he had many dear and special friends.

The family wishes to express its grateful appreciation to Buddy's entire medical support team, especially Drs. T.R. Patterson and Evan Wenger of Augusta Medical Center, Dr. Ted Burns of the U.Va. ALS Clinic, the Continuum Home Health Care team of Charlottesville, extraordinary caregivers Marcellus Rankin and Audrey Scott, Sandra Hanger and Terry Garber for home care and Kathleen Kelly and team of the ALS Association.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, in New Hope United Methodist Church by the Rev. R. Douglas Gunsalus. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to ALS Association, D.C./Md./Va. Chapter, 7507 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855, www.alsinfo.org.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.henryfuneralhome.net.